Germans could not get over the perfidy of it. It was unbelievable that the English, having degenerated to the stage where suffragettes heckled the Prime Minister and defied the police, were going to fight.

2000 July 17, “Honda becomes chain letter victim”, in eWeek:

Honda Motor Co. is the latest victim of e-mail perfidy, which started when a phony chain letter promised that the automaker would give away free cars.

2008 October 16, “McCain expected to make amends on Letterman show”, in Los Angeles Times: